# ocelotl
## Central Nahuatl
### Alternative forms

* (Nanacamilpan and Texcoco): ozelotl
* (Amecameca and Tlaxcala): oselotl

### Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl ocelotl.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈseː.loːtɬ/

### Noun

ocelotl anim (plural ocelomeh)
* (Cholula and Milpa Alta): jaguar.

#### Synonyms

* (jaguar): tecuani

#### Derived terms

Cholula and Milpa Alta
* ocelometl
* ocelomichin
* ocelopilli
* oceloxochitl
* oceloyotl
* pilocelotl
* tlalocelotl
* yohualocelotl

### References

* Medina, Genaro (1999); online Curso de Náhuatl, Universidad de las Américas; San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.
* Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor (2002); Lecciones de Náhuatl, Editorial Hirata; Mexico City, Mexico.
* Aguilar Carrera, Sergio (2012); Método práctico de lengua náhuatl del Altiplano Mexicano; Dirección de Casa de Cultura de Tecámac, State of Mexico, Mexico. ISBN 03-2012-030812540200-01.
* w:Panthera onca

## Classical Nahuatl
### Alternative forms

* oçelotl, ocëlötl, ōcēlōtl (obsolete spelling)

### Etymology

Compare Pipil uselut.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /o(ː)ˈseː.loːt͡ɬ/, [o(ː)ˈséː.loːt͡ɬ]

### Noun

ocelotl anim (plural ooceloh or ocelomeh)
* (it is) a jaguar (Panthera onca).
** 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 75r. col. 2:Ocelotl. tigre. […] / Ocelome. tigres.Ocelotl. a jaguar. […] / Ocelome. jaguars.
** ibid., f. 77v. col. 1.
    Oocelo. tigres.
       Oocelo. jaguars.
** c. 1600, anonymous author, Anónimo Mexicano, f. 7r:oquitlalílique miec ytlahuitol, ce cuauhtlí tlacuicuítl, ce ozelotl ycxitlanThey buried him with very many of his things: his bow, an eagle carved of wood, a jaguar at his feet
** ibid., f. 11r.
    onca:ncamaía, tepe Zolime, totochtin, cuahtotolim, Mazame, oze lome, cuamíztin, tecuanímê
       There were partridges, rabbits, fowl, deer, jaguars, mountain lions, and savage beasts
** c. 1609, Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 22r
    camo çan quexquich yn ompa onoque yn ompa tlapia yn tequanime yn cuecuetlachtin. yn ocelome. yn mimiztin yn cocohuaCountless fierce animals were there; bears, jaguars, mountain lions, snakes were on guard.
** 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 4v:ocēlōtl, tigre. Pl. ōocēlō. [...] ocēlōmê tigres.ocēlōtl, a jaguar. Pl. ōocēlō. [...] ocēlōmê jaguar.
* (it is) the fourteenth of the twenty day signs of the tonalpohualli; a jaguar or disembodied jaguar's head.
** 16th c., Codex Magliabechiano, f. 13r.
    naVi oçelotl. q qujere dezir quatro tigres.navi oçelotl. that is to say, four tigers.

#### Synonyms

* (jaguar): tecuani

#### Derived terms

* ocelocopilli
* oceloehuatl
* oceloiyataztli
* ocelomatetepontli
* ocelometl
* ocelomichin
* ocelopetlatl
* ocelopilli
* oceloquichtli
* ocelotamalli
* ocelotenamitl
* ocelotepotzohicpalli
* ocelotetl
* ocelotexochitl
* oceloti
* ocelotia
* ocelotic
* ocelotilmahtli
* ocelotlachicomitl
* ocelotlah
* ocelotlatzacuilli
* ocelotocatl
* oceloxochitl
* oceloyotl
* tlahcoocelotl
* tlalocelotl
* Oceloapan
* Ocelotepec
* Ocelotlan

#### Descendants

* Central Huasteca Nahuatl: oselotl
* Central Nahuatl: ocelotl
* Central Puebla Nahuatl: ocelotl
* Pipil: uselut
* → Spanish: ocelote
** → Lithuanian: ocelotas
* → French: ocelot
** → Dutch: ocelot
** → English: ocelot
** → German: Ozelot
** → Italian: ocelot
** → Polish: ocelot

### References

* Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 75r, 77v
* Carochi, Horacio (2001) James Lockhart, transl., Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 30–31
* Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 70–71